Atlantis and upkeep/supply

[Cainehill]

Indeed, many players don't like the way that water magic has very few good mid to high level spells, the worst summoning spells in the game, very few high end magic items, and perhaps most frustrating of all - doesn't even function as well as air magic for underwater combat.

(The fact that water has a few very potent lower level spells / items such as quickness, BoW, boots of haste, etc, doesn't take away the fact that there are very few reasons to desire more than 2 or 3 points of water magic : Water blessing, extra Claymen (dubious), Water Queens, and Murdering Winter or Niefel Flames.)